crabs-again

swim report saturday 12:30: shores, sun! flat glass, clear, 60 by my watch, cftc, ruth! and way too many other people. who are these people and why are they there? so ruth! was pleading for swim partners earlier, needing to swim beyond measure, who, when, where, how and a few 'oh come on, swim!' cries only to forget her wetsuit. we are walking toward the water, a mere 5 feet away and she's saying she can't do it sans wetsuit, she won't make it, it's too cold and then we are in the water and she's still saying she doesn't think she'll be able to swim and then, we are swimming and ruth! is woo hooing, showing off her naked legs and digging the not too terribly cold sea. we swam all around, checking stuff out and on the way back in we saw a big crab, really big, maybe a diameter of 2', maybe a spider crab. i tried to take pictures but i'm still in helen keller mode. sorry! after we exited, the dolphin brigade came calling, jumping and playing like crazy, we sat in the sun and chatted, bumped into c rose and ralph and called it a damn good day.
remember we have a birthday get together 3-26 or 27, details to be firmed up later.
swim people! get it in gear, get your swim on, take off your pants and swim like you mean it!
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Saturday swim

Flat seas, warm blanket layer on top. Ooh how sweet it is! Met Janie and Leonard as they were exiting the water. Leonard joined me to the quarter, then headed back in. I swam to the 'sharquarium' over in front of the Marine Room. Lots of big daddys in shallow water. Didn't see the crabs everyone's been talking about. Swam back past the quarter, to Boomers, where calm seas beckoned me onward. Spying two seastars lieing in the sea grass made the trip worthwhile! Plus an unidentified loner fish--maybe a small shark of some kind. I exited at Boomers at low tide--what was I thinking?! Mental note to never to that again.

oh delicious clarity

How I do love thee. Beautiful tranquil clear (10+) flat water swim today with RUTH! and LFTC both sin wetsuits those brave gals, and my in my full all nice and toasty. Swam from infront of the tower to the Marine Room and back, nice gentle current although not sure which way it was pushing us, no kelp to make measures with.... saw tons of sand dollars, another giant Leonard crab (LFTC got pix we think) and lots of bait fish... then lots of dolphins apparently eating the bait fish once we got out. LFTC is sporting a cute new do and strong out there no fins, Ruth! is tough as nails in her free skin swim. Great swim gals, nice chatty vitamin D absorbing chill-in-the-sun on the bench afterwards. AH, I do love my swim peeps, missed the rest of you out there.

Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim-Be there or be square!

It's June 25th.  Amber and Talya and I are already signed up.  Bill, they DO allow wetsuits.

http://www.sharkfestswim.com/default.asp?PageID=20154

fun swim with 200 sea lions!

swim report thursday 12:30, RUTH! carol, lftc and about 200 sea lions, bratty sea lions, noisy and boisterous. some surface chop with a good surge, some swells predicting incoming surf soon, 60 degrees by my watch and not too clear but still fun and slightly dizzying. we swam to the 1/4 then toward the marine room but carol hadn't been feeling very well so we played around, maybe nearing the invisible 1/2 before turning around. pretty killer swim, played with my camera a little, i suck! but i'll get better.

we had some sun! after wishing love to carol's daughter, kelly, the sun came out. her spirit was near, i hope..

all in all a good day for this swim chick and thanks to my partner for getting me down there. i needed her today! she straight up told me that was she is/was totally using me for self gain but i'm more than happy to be her enabler! thanks RUTH! and carol too, for joining us. pretty tough newbie.

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Strong currents making swimming dangerous off San Diego coast

while we were swimming dave checked on the ocean conditions (i do make the dinners around here, he's invested in my well being) and found this: strong currents churning the local waters, making swimming and diving dangerous tuesday. i told him that it was us churning the waters. the other people just better step it up a notch to hang in our wake. so there.

pictures from the special needs swimmer

triumph! a killer 'swim with the dolphins' exit! you both look amazing!

this is claudia's new stroke technique: face down, feet up and out!

i think steve is seeing how far cami will go before putting her arms in. a long, long time we found out..

a mysterious discussion..

aqua boy steve!

i love how cami is holding out for a few inches more! (as she should, always)

she is not putting her arms in, no way, no how..

da best swim crew!

pics! the conditions were a tiny bit rough so taking pics was not so easy, plus i have a learning curve: i can't really feel the buttons due to the frostbitten digits so it was hit or miss. and, i can't really see anything due to foggy goggles so if something moved, i either missed it or shot to the side of it. and, since i can't really hear anything due to my bonnet covering my ears, i can't verify if the camera caught anything. basically, i'm deaf, dumb, blind and have tactile anesthesia so don't hope for causteau photos. here they are though!

the crab sighting was lost to my disabilities, to much moving on my part. fab swim though!

post something!

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